The Business Districts (C-1, C-2, C-3 and C-4) and their regulations are established in order to achieve, among others, the following purposes:
(a) To provide, in appropriate and convenient locations, sufficient areas for business activities and the exchange of goods and services.
(b) To protect residential neighborhoods adjacent to business uses by restricting the types of establishments, particularly at the common boundaries, that would create congestion, noise or other objectionable influences.
(c) To protect and stabilize both residential and nonresidential developments from congestion by requiring off-street parking facilities.
(d) To encourage the logical and timely development of land for commercial purposes in accordance with the objectives, policies and proposals of the City Master Plan.
(e) To carry out the following specific purposes:
(1) To provide Neighborhood Business Districts (C-1) to serve as limited shopping districts for the convenience needs of a neighborhood area and to provide locations for retail and service uses that do not have a detrimental impact on the adjacent residences.
(2) To provide a Central Business District/French Creek District (C-2) which:
A. Makes land available for a pedestrian-oriented environment with retail activities, which are located within the central business district along the Detroit Road commercial corridor.
B. Ensures that the design of buildings is compatible with the character of the area.
C. Grants the Planning Commission adequate flexibility in reviewing development plans to ensure that the objectives of the district are met.
(3) To provide Planned Commercial Development Districts (C-3) which:
A. Minimize any adverse affects of a shopping center on nearby property values and provide for the safe and efficient use of the shopping center itself.
B. Provides for a functional and aesthetically pleasing area in which to shop.
C. Ensures that the area is designed and located to minimize traffic congestion on public highways and streets in its vicinity, and to best fit the general land use pattern of the area to be served.
(4) To provide General Business Districts (C-4) on major roads in the vicinity of freeway interchanges to serve the needs of the general public in a manner which:
A. Protects and stabilizes development from traffic congestion and hazards by regulating the intensity of use, by requiring off-street parking, loading and on-site circulation facilities, and by regulating the access to streets.
B. Provides the maximum protection to existing and proposed residential areas.
(Ord. 58-01. Passed 5-29-01; Ord. 128-12. Passed 12-27-12.)